Tesla opens brand new Dutch factory

brand new factory within the Netherlands will supply European markets with the style S electric saloon along with could build the style X SUV too

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Electric car maker Tesla Motors has opened a brand new assembly plant in Tilburg, within the Netherlands, to supply its 12 European markets initially with the style S, the company’s £60,000-plus all-electric saloon, along with potentially with its upcoming style X SUV.

Tesla’s co-founder, Elon Musk, a high-profile advocate of electric cars, was on hand for the opening. He says the brand new facility, which will be slated to assemble 0 cars per day, will utilise car components imported coming from Tesla’s parent factory in Fremont, California. The move should speed up deliveries of the style S, a rival in size along with function for the BMW 5 Series along with Mercedes-Benz E-Class, to its 69 European dealers.

Tesla claims Tilburg will be the first European factory to incorporate an indoor test track for production cars. The 750-metre track consists of 400m of smooth asphalt, plus a section pock-marked with 6000 ‘dots’ of which simulate bumps within the road. Every car will be driven on the track to check handling along with detect squeaks along with rattles.

The company will be within days of revealing the brand new style X, closely related in size along with cost to the style S. In addition, in 2017 the idea plans to launch the smaller, cheaper, BMW 3 Series-rivalling style 3 saloon, which will be likely to boost Tesla sales volume towards 0,000 cars a year. Tesla has already sold more than 80,000 examples of the style S across the planet.

Musk says the brand new Tilburg factory will be Tesla’s latest demonstration of its commitment to European markets. the idea has currently established more than 1000 Supercharger points stretching coming from Norway to Slovenia, along with coming from the UK to Spain. the idea will be also encouraging restaurants, hotels along with shopping centres to install what the idea calls ‘destination chargers’ for Tesla vehicles.

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